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Mummy found in coffin during excavation of ancient Luxor tomb

By Xinhua in Cairo | China Daily | Updated: 2016-11-15 07:29

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has announced the new discovery of a royal tomb at a temple in the ancient city of Luxor, the official Mena news agency reported.

MENA quoted Mahmoud Afifi, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Department of the ministry, as saying that the tomb of King Thutmose III was found near the southern wall of the Millions of Years Temple by a group of Spanish archaeologists.

Afifi added that the Spani

Mummy found in coffin during excavation of ancient Luxor tomb

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